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ArtieTheSequal
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#681
I woke up with a yucky cold this morning and a headache to boot. Of course, I was stuck on phones again today. Ugh. I sent h out about an hour ago for cold medicine, so at least I have that now. I am praying we don't have to be on stupid phones all day. Although if we do I am seriously considering calling in sick for half my 10 hour shift and just going to bed and staying there til Saturday when I have to get up and log back on. I have tons of overtime on this timesheet so losing out on 5 hours of it won't be a big deal. I hate January.
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#682
I am reading this novel (Night Film by Marisha Pessl) and I’m enjoying it, except there are a lot of words that are italicized for no goodreason and it’s starting to get to me.
For instance: “Unless she has wings and can fly over an electrified fence, that girl’s not going anywhere.” Why are any of those even italicized? And why all three? And why are there multiple instances of sentences like that per page? __________________ The secret to eternal youth is arrested development.—Alice Roosevelt Longworth |
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#683
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Child of a lesser god
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#684
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Why are any of those even italicized? And why all three? And why are there multiple instances of sentences like that per page? __________________ The secret to eternal youth is arrested development.—Alice Roosevelt Longworth |
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#685
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Why are any of those even italicized? And why all three? And why are there multiple instances of sentences like that per page? |
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#686
Reading the passage, I think it's a case of italics for emphasis, but the author went overboard. It would annoy me too.
__________________ 'Somewhere up above the great divide Where the sky is wide, and the clouds are few A man can see his way clear to the light 'You have all the grace you need for today, and today is all that matters.' - Steve Austin |
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#687
__________________ The secret to eternal youth is arrested development.—Alice Roosevelt Longworth |
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Writing my way through...
ArtieTheSequal
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#688
Working on finding the positives: I get an hour lunch break every day, which I am enjoying right now. Yay! My paycheck a week from tomorrow is going to be awesome. Yay! Only 2.75 more hours of calls after lunch (because I get a 15 minute break in there), then my 2 hours overtime is on my normal job. Yay! I am off tomorrow, and can sleep all damn day if I choose. Yay!
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Writing my way through...
ArtieTheSequal
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#689
omgosh one of my good friends just told me that her 3 year old son has COVID now. he's not feeling too bad, but sick enough for her to test him. so far the rest of them aren't sick so that's good but still. I'm fighting so hard to stay positive and quickly losing the battle. How much longer can humanity ****ing deal with this and not just collectively lose our sh it all across the planet?! I know I'm reacting badly now from working so much and having to be on the phones but it's like part of me doesn't want to get positive again wants to just wallow in the negativity for awhile. That sucks even more than feeling the negativity. Blech. Feel free to ignore me.
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#690
HUGS, Artie.
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#691
So sorry Scarlet. HUGS.
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#692
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Writing my way through...
ArtieTheSequal
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#693
Hugs all around to those who need/want.
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Child of a lesser god
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#694
I thought that was mostly when Pooh was singing?
art...think of how many times in history humanity has dealt with tough stuff and lost its **** all over the planet and still come out the other side (not necessarily better, but we survived). Wars, genocides, epidemics, pandemics, they're all in our trophy case. That doesn't make this less tough of a feeling but it should give hope. __________________ The secret to eternal youth is arrested development.—Alice Roosevelt Longworth |
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Writing my way through...
ArtieTheSequal
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#695
I just over-italicized a sentence in dear t and i must admit that doing so made me feel a tiny bit better.
Now how else can I be silly this afternoon.... |
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Always in This Twilight
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#696
Perhaps that author needs to read the Style Guide for one of the journals for which I edit: "Use italics for emphasis sparingly."
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Child of a lesser god
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#697
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It's making me actually not want to read the book anymore, and plenty of online reviewers feel the same way or even stopped reading. __________________ The secret to eternal youth is arrested development.—Alice Roosevelt Longworth |
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#698
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#699
__________________ The secret to eternal youth is arrested development.—Alice Roosevelt Longworth |
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#700
Googled ideas to cheer myself up and couldn't believe some of the suggestions. To be fair, I'm not sure anything would appeal to me, but many of them sound like the author was trolling. Like "make that doctor's appointment you've been putting off." How is that going to make me feel better? That just means I'll feel dread on top of everything else.
So instead, I'm drinking champagne and having some weed. Probably not great but what else am I supposed to do? Apparently have a bubble bath in a kiddy pool, send postcards to my nonexistent friends, and do a vision board. Began the day dealing with some idiot clients and have two more meetings today to look forward to. Oh and my psychiatrist has me cleaning one section of my house every day and I have to send before and after pictures. If it was the weekend, I'd be lying in bed doing nothing. Since it's a workday, I'm lying in bed dreading interacting further with people and procrastinating putting in my billable hours. You know, part of it is that things have been slow at work and I can only find so many things to take up my time. I have to stay available online, so I end up stuck doing nothing and being prevented from filling up my time with something else. __________________ Life is hard. Then you die. Then they throw dirt in your face. -David Gerrold |
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